Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 418 Wu Guozhi faction

People in later generations believed that Zheng Guo, Jin Guo, Qin Guo, etc. were all dukes conferred by the Zhou royal family.

In fact, it is not the case. Their titles are either marquis or earl, but their monarch is called "gong" after his death.

"Zixu, in your opinion, Uncle Zheng might leak the secret?"

"good."

Wu Zixu frowned and said, "Your Majesty, although Wu and Zheng belong to the same clan and come from the same lineage as their ancient father, Duke Dan, they have long been estranged from each other."

"Therefore, as a country with the same surname as Ji, Zheng Guo may not be able to recognize Wu Guo and join Wu Guo to deal with Chu people."

Wu Zixu's worries are not without reason.

Zheng Huan Gong Ji You, the founding king of Zheng State, is the youngest son of King Li of Zhou and the younger brother of King Xuan of Zhou.

When Ji You was entrusted to the land of Zheng, the kings of Guo and Qi donated ten cities to him, and he finally established the state of Zheng.

Therefore, Zheng Guo is also in the lineage of Zhou Tianzi, and he is related to the ancestors of Wu Guo, and they belonged to the same family five hundred years ago.

It's just that this kind of relationship is already very alienated. Zheng Guo was once prosperous, and he didn't want to recognize Wu Guo, his poor relative in the valley.

Even though Wu State is now a big country, its rise is unstoppable, and it has even become so strong that it can overwhelm Chu State and wrestle with Jin State.

I'm afraid Zheng Guo only thinks that Wu Guo is an "upstart" and can't last long.

However, Zheng people and Chu people entered into an alliance under the city, which actually took a lot of risk.

Because in the form of the state letter, if all the more than ten cities captured by the Chu army were ceded to the Chu State, it would be groundless for the Zheng people to ask for it back.

In fact, Zheng Guo will not be afraid of Wu Guo.

Because the state of Wu and the state of Zheng are separated by more than a thousand miles.

To the east of Zheng State are Lu and Song, to the northwest are Chengzhou, Wei, and Jin, and to the southwest are Chen, Cai, Xu, and Chu. In the past, there were many small countries with the surnames of Ji, Jiang, Yan, Ying and other surnames.

Just as "Guoyu·Zheng Yu" said: "Whether it is a branch of the king, mother, brother, nephew or uncle, they are all barbarians."

Zheng Guo, who cannot be directly threatened by Wu Guo, naturally cannot be afraid of Wu Guo.

Of course, the state of Wu can choose to send troops from the state of Cai to attack Zheng.

After all, Cai Guo is a vassal state of Wu State, his die-hard younger brother.

"Zixu, in your opinion, how should I force the people of Zheng to negotiate peace with the people of Chu?"

Qingji asked.

"Your Majesty, if you want to do this, I think that your Majesty can first send a letter to Zheng Bo first, and then threaten Zheng Guo if he refuses. It happens that our country of Wu is ready to fight, and the people of Zheng must be afraid."

"Even if Chu State knows that Wu State has the intention to send troops, it may think that the target of our Wu State's army is Zheng State, not Chudi."

"good!"

Qingji nodded in agreement.

Just writing a handwritten letter to Zheng Bo, threatening to cooperate with Wu State to deal with Chu State, did not cause any loss to Qingji.

Afterwards, Qingji looked at Wu Zixu with a smile again, and said, "Zixu, the position of Doctor Censor has been vacant for a long time. I want you to be Doctor Censor, what do you want?"

"Thank you Lord Ron!"

Wu Zixu has never been a hypocritical person, so he agreed immediately.

The official system of the state of Wu is the system of three lords and nine ministers, and the royal doctor, Dazai, and Da Sima are listed as the three lords.

Wu Zixu's former "Wei Wei" was one of the nine ministers, second only to the Sangong.

Now that Qingji has promoted Wu Zixu to be a royal doctor, it can be said that it has been carefully considered.

The art of an emperor is all about checks and balances.

Now the three princes of the state of Wu are Sun Wu, Ji Ran, and Wu Zixu.

Sun Wu was from Qi, Wu Zixu was from Chu, and Ji Ran was from Song.

Not to mention Ji Ran, both Sun Wu and Wu Zixu represent different factions.

At this time, the two largest factions in the huge court of Wu State, and even among the localities, are the Qi State Sect and the Chu State Sect.

The faction of Qi State is headed by Sun Wu, Tian Rangju, Yan Ying and others, and the faction of Chu State is headed by Wu Zixu, Fan Li, Wen Zhong, Bo Shuang and others.

However, they just didn't deal with each other in private, but they didn't dare to be sloppy in their official cooperation.

People like Sun Wu, Wu Zixu, Fan Li, and Bo Tong were not interested in this kind of party struggle, they just devoted themselves to making suggestions for Qing Ji, and truly achieved "eating the king's reward and sharing the king's worries".

Qingji turned a blind eye to the party disputes in the DPRK.

The fact that the party is united in attacking dissidents has existed since ancient times. As a king, Qingji cannot stop it, nor does he want to stop it.

After all, for the superiors, the subordinates who are completely amiable are the most terrifying.

……

On the next day, Qingji and Queen Ji Pao's car drove to the Bashang Camp located outside Jinling City and beside the Qinhuai River under the clearing of the mighty patrol team.

The people stationed here are basically Wu's standing army and forbidden army.

If the state of Wu wants to start a war against the state of Chu, it is necessary to make a vigorous effort.

It is worth mentioning that Wu's military service system is different from other countries.

For example, the military service systems of Jin, Song, Lu, Wei and other vassal states all put soldiers in agriculture.

The so-called integration of soldiers in agriculture means using agricultural weapons as weapons.

The weapons are all hidden in the public house, and they are issued only before the battle, which is the so-called granting armor and granting soldiers.

Weapons can only be provided to the regular army, and soldiers such as the country guard regiment cannot be given.

However, when the enemy comes, you can't just hold an agricultural weapon and defend yourself, so "Six Secret Teachings" says that the teaching people use a certain agricultural weapon as a certain weapon.

The military service system implemented by Wu State is the recruitment system.

That is to say, when selecting soldiers in the state of Wu, they will give priority to recruiting strong men, and will not easily let men from every family go to the battlefield.

It's not that the recruiting system is more advanced than putting soldiers in the peasants. In fact, Wu's recruiting system is similar to the all-people-all-military system.

The men of Wu State are the same as those of other countries. During the slack season, they will be assembled in various counties for training.

It's just that Wu's weapons and armor are basically borne by the government, instead of requiring soldiers to take out their own weapons and armor or military vehicles, horses, dry food, etc.

At this time, [-] elite soldiers had already gathered in this vast Bashang camp.

They practice day and night and run in so that they can better exert their strength on the battlefield.

These [-] elite soldiers are all carefully selected soldiers by Grand Sima Sun Wu.

Some of them came from the mainland of Wu, some from the land of Guyue, some from Huaibei, and some from Lingnan.

The reason why Qingji asked Sun Wu to build such a strong army was all to deal with Chu.

Because the territory of Chu State is vast, not to mention the strategic depth, there are mountains and rivers blocked, and various complex terrains.

The Baiyue people who are good at fighting in the mountains are undoubtedly a great weapon against the Chu army.

(End of this chapter)